Miloon Kothari: UN Investigator Apologizes for Remarks Widely Seen as Antisemitic, Biased Towards Israel
Kothari made the comments during an interview with Mondoweiss.net, an anti-Zionist website.
Kothari made the comments during an interview with Mondoweiss.net, an anti-Zionist website.
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It has been eight decades since the Vel d’Hiv roundup of Jewish families in France, (July 16-17, 1942)…
The Proud Boys came to the attention of most Americans when Donald Trump, during the first 2020 presidential debate, told the group to “stand back and stand ready.” The violent white supremacists certainly stood ready: They played a major role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol. In 2017, Gavin McGinnis, founder and…
The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building had a profound effect on most Americans — but for Nathan Wolfson — a Jewish resident of Washington, D.C., who lives close to where the riot took place — it was especially disturbing. (He is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University.) Wolfson’s grandmother was a…
The day after Yom Hashoah 2022, New York State Sen. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick (D) presented…
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David de Jong is a Dutch-born journalist and author who now lives in Tel Aviv. His first book, “Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties”…
On March 31, 1492, the Catholic monarchs of Spain — Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand — issued the Alhambra Decree, which ordered the expulsion of all practicing Jews. More than half of Spain’s Jews converted to Catholicism — many even before the Alhambra Decree — under the threat of torture and even death, or to…
Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church from March 2, 1939 to Oct. 9, 1958, which means he was pontiff throughout the Second World War and the Holocaust. For decades, his actions to save the Jews — or lack thereof — have been the source of a much-researched and much-debated controversy. Now a…
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Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution?
We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews!
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Nobel Prizes
Although Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. Source: Google
Polio Vaccine
Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis — including paralysis and even death — thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and his team. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. in 1955. Source: Wikipedia
Miss Liberty
The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. Source: BuzzFeed
Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. Source: BuzzFeed
Start-Up Nation
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world. Source: BuzzFeed